K 06977 + K 09764 + K 10740 (P396939)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06977 + K 09764 + K 10740 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396939 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . . pre]-eminent one of the [Igigi], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Who deliberates with wisdom, who increases fav[or], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | O lord, I stand before you in prayer. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | I pray (lit. I exhibit hand-raising) and greet yo[u]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | May they greet you, Anu, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Enlil, and Ea, the great gods. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | May heaven and earth pacify |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Your (angry) mood. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Have mercy on me, your (servant)! |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [. . .] receive my utterance. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Accept [. . .], and have mercy. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [. . .] my sin, my shortcoming, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [. . .] my oath. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [. . .] that I sinned, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [. . .] may they be passed [by]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | (May) [my (personal) god,] my [(personal) goddess], and the god of my city, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [The conquest of [eve]ry street (lit. [str]eet and lane), |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [The affliction (sent by) the god]s, |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | The outspread [net of the god]s, |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [. . .] . . . the releasing(?) of the gods |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [... e]-⸢tel⸣ {d}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃] | |
| 2' | ⸢muš-ta-bil ne₂-me-qi₂⸣ mu-ša₂-tir ⸢dum⸣-[qi₂] | |
| 3' | be-lu₄ ina tes₂-li-ti GUB{az} IGI-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 4' | ar-ši ni-iš qa-tim-ma a-kar-rab ka-[ta] | |
| 5' | lik-tar-ra-bu-ka {d}a-⸢num⸣ | |
| 6' | {d}en-lil₂ u {d}e₂-a DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | AN{u₂} u KI{ti₃} li-šap-ši-⸢hu⸣ | |
| 8' | kab-ta-at-ka | |
| 9' | [ana IR₃]-⸢ka⸣ ia-a-ši ri-ša₂-a re-e-mu | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢mu-hur⸣ qa-ba-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 11' | [... li-qe₂]-⸢ma⸣ ri-ša₂-a re-e-mu | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢an⸣-ni hi-ṭi-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] ma-mi-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 14' | [...] ah-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 15' | [...] li-te-et-[qa] | |
| 16' | [DINGIR-MU {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂]-MU u DINGIR URU-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 17' | [ki-šit-ti su]-qi₂ u su-le-⸢e⸣ | |
| 18' | [UD.DA DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-uš-kal-⸢lim⸣ | |
| 19' | [še-et DINGIR]-MEŠ šu-par₂-ru-ur-tu₂ | |
| 20' | [...]-⸢ti⸣ DU₈ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 21' | [...]-bir-ki | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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